Student Portfolio
A R C H 4 7 3 / 3 5 2 2 - D I G I TA L D E S I G N S T U D I O A N D W O R K S H O P Sherry Bushra Labeeb Spring 2019
The American University in Cairo (AUC) School of Sciences and Engineering - Department of Architecture ARCH 473/3522 - Digital Design Studio and Workshop (Spring 2019) Student portfolio documenting samples of work submitted along the course, including research, experimentation, 3D modeling, digital fabrication, parametric design and modeling, physical model realisation and analysis. Student name: Sherry Bushra Labeeb Student ID: 900153488
Š The American University in Cairo (AUC), May 2019
SHERRY BUSHRA LABEEB Architecture Student
Now I’m officially heading towards my last year in architecture school; it seems like the end yet, it’s a new start, a new start for REAL life. What I loved about ARCH3522/473 is that it took me to a parrallel universe where everything is achievable and where I learnt a lot about what I previously thought was not applicable. I loved exploring this type of architecture that added to my knowledge and I love sharing this progressive knowledge with you in the following pages.
I’m a 22-year senior architecture Student with a passion towards all that’s artistic and beautiful including Photography. I’m an introvert, therefore I like to observe whenever possible. One can learn a lot through observation; photography is an art of observation and an appreciation to the beauty that surrounds us. the beauty lies in the details and I’m in love with details. Architecture is all about details; it’s about caring for the smallest attributes and it’s about loving. I love architecture because it’s an art that’s involving caring for the people, nature and surroundings.
This portfolio is documenting samples of my journey throughout the semester. It will guide you from a stage to another including what I learnt and how I reflected on that learning.
It all began with light ... “Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was” (Genesis 1:3)
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3 A Study of the effect of lightning on the order of the sand particles...
This is when we, as a group, started learning from nature, analyzing natural phenomena, studying their effect on different materials. We analyzed the Lightning effect on Sand and how it changed the order of the sand particles into Fulgurite... We reached the conclusion that the Fulgurite is a Manifestation of the Power of Lightning. The end product highlighted the hidden qualities of the altered element and demonstrated the power of the stimulus. We took it from there into exploring various reactions of different materials to different stimuli.
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4 Lightning is a sudden electrostatic discharge - Between two clouds - Between a cloud and the ground It involves hundreds of millions of volts of electricity and heat. Sand is a combination of particles; it’s a granular material composed of - Finely divided rock - Mineral particles The common component of sand is Silicon Dioxide in the form of Quartz. Fulgurite is what results from the combination of both. It’s a hollow, glass-lined tubes with sand adhering to the outside. High temperature and pressure from the lightning strokes fuses the sand then Billions of Joules radiate through the ground and branches through the ground like the root system of a tree. Our end product highlightd the hidden qualities of the altered element and demonstrated the power of the stimulus.
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9 A Further Exploration of The Response of Different Materials to External Stimuli...
THEN... We started physically experimenting with different materials and exploring the fulgurite effect and the material behavior in order to develop our conceptual inspirations. Each one of the group members took it from a different prespective. I started exploring more responsive materials to different degrees of temperature and presssure
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10 I started experimenting with Smart Materials: These are affected by an external stimulus and they change their shape. Starting with the Pinecone, a hygroscopic material that absorb moisture and change shape or expand. When it’s hot and dry, the pinecone is opened out and the seeds can disperse. When it’s cold and wet then the hygroscopic material expands and that causes the spines on the edge of the pine cone to close up and the seeds can’t go out
Analyzing smart materials was the next step; these change their color, shape or magnetism in response to an external stimulus. This stimulus could be light level, moisture level, temperature, pressure ... etc. Some of these materials are slow to react, too delicate or unstable. Their performance can diminish over time. If their shape needs to be changed, they might not change as quickly as needed and the switch threshold can be difficult.
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12 Moving from Smart Materials into a more specific concept that analyzes the behavior of Fulgurite & Shape memory alloys & Linking it to the behavior of the building. FULGURITE: composed of a series of pertified sand particles that are ARRANGED in a certain sequence forming an interesting PATTERN. SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS: Alloys that remember their different shapes remembering their different ARRANGEMENT of atoms.
Shape Memory Alloys (Smart Materials) change from one phase to another in a process called Phase Change. When heat is added, atoms shift their positions seamlessly, They have some sort of a Coordinated Motion - each makes a small shift but altogether these small shifts create a totally different PATTERN This pattern again results in a phase change. In the case of shape memory alloys, applying a force on the material in the Martensite low temperature phase causes this material to deform. Then applying heat to the deformed shape causes its atoms to REARRANGE themselves in the Austenite high heat phase.
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03 Movement of Order
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17 Exploring the defintion of an order, understanding the what composes a material.
THEN... I started defining my parameters, what makes an order ordered, what composes a material and what causes changes to these materials accordingly, defining the essence of form alteration and the reason why materials change. Forming these results and analyzing the different courtyards and their affecting parameters, a certain courtyard was xhosen to be the site of my building.
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18 My concept is the Movement of Order... Order is the ARRANGEMENT or disposition of PEOPLE or THINGS in relation to each other according to a particular SEQUENCE, PATTERN or METHOD. Any material is composed of an ORDER OF ATOMS, a certain ARRANGEMENT of atoms in relation to each other. This ARRANGEMENT may vary depending on a certain VARIABLE. This variable ,when changed, affects the PATTERN which results in a new SEQUENCE/STRUCTURE. SEQUENCE (1) + METHOD = PATTERN SEQUENCE (2) METHOD PATTERN SEQUENCE
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VARIABLE FORM STRUCTURE
The method is the variable that changes the pattern accordingly the form that changes the sequence introducing a new structure. In the case of the fulgurite, the affecting variable is the temperature/electricity that changes the pattern of the sand particles forming a new petrified structure In the case of the shape memory alloys, the affecting variable is also the temperature that moves and changes the pattern of the metal atoms forming a new structure
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THE ESSENCE OF FORM ALTERATION IS ORDER ORDER IS DEFINED BY SEQUENCE, PATTERN AND METHOD THE METHOD IS MOVEMENT (OF ATOMS IN SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS AND PARTICLES IN FULGURITE) AND MOVEMENT IS THE PARAMETER ON WHICH MY SITE ANALYSIS WAS BASED AND ON WHICH THE SHAPE SHIFTING TECHNIQUE WAS FURTHER IMPLEMENTED
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The chosen courtyard shows a paradox between its form and the geometry of the surrounding buildings. The movement of the people towards and from the courtyard is directed and intentional. The Court is quite enclosed, however it has more than one entrance. It has a main entrance accessible by cars and 3 small entrances from different areas of SSE. Natural light rarely penetrates through thr court because it’s surrounded by 3 storey buildings from all directions. The court is directly linked to the Architecture department through the bridge that connects the department with the Physics Labs Corridor which allows for direct entrances to the building. The court is shaded most of the day and light entry is not much, however in the early morning direct sunlight is found to penetrate through it.
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04 Form Progression
26 Working on acheiving the concept of movement and order in the shell. Progressive Sketches Leading to the structure of the Shell.
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Using the Hexagon Shape to achieve movement Vs Order.
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28 Grasshopper Definition of the Shell - Progress
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05 Visualization & Process Documentation
Grasshopper Definition of the Shell - Final
Grasshopper Definition of the Structure of the Body
Grasshopper Definition of the Unit Movement
Closed Cell
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Full Opening for Sun and Wind Exposure
Grasshopper Definition of the Unit Movement
Closed Cell
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Full Opening for Sun and Wind Exposure
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Biblography • • • • • • • • • • • •
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